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January/February 2025 / Technology

Hello, I’m Phoenix. Would You Like Your House Cleaned?

November 13, 2024November 21, 2024 - by Michael Harris

Get ready for an army of robots that work—and reason—like us

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Current Affairs

Why Is Canada Protecting the Names of Suspected Nazis?

November 12, 2024November 19, 2024 - by Taylor C. Noakes

Ottawa won’t disclose list of alleged war criminals believed to have sheltered here after the Second World War

January/February 2025 / Memoir

The Military Gave My Brother Purpose. It Also Broke Him

November 11, 2024November 11, 2024 - by Lisa Gregoire

As Joe progressed through the ranks, he started living two lives: the lauded soldier and the closet alcoholic

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Memoir

Finding My Grandfather, a Pilot in the Bomber Command

November 9, 2024November 9, 2024 - by Erin MacLeod

Mackie’s plane was shot down in 1945. My family is still coming to terms with the loss

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Technology

How Much Porn Are We Watching? A Lot

November 8, 2024November 8, 2024 - by Elaine Craig

And we’re watching more of it in public—buses, libraries, classrooms, and offices

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Politics

We’re Addicted to the Feeling of Being Right

November 6, 2024November 7, 2024 - by Mark Kingwell

Our craving for loud, divisive, identity-conferring opinion is poisoning politics

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Society

I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Emily Latimer

In Cape Breton, housing was never an issue. Now I’m priced out—and picking up the power tools

A photo illustration of two side-by-side, very close-up pictures of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Trump's face is shaded blue while Harris's is blue.

Politics

This Is the Most Important Election in History

November 4, 2024November 7, 2024 - by Melissa J. Gismondi

You have every right to be nervous

The back of Trump's head as he watches a video of Kamala Harris on a big screen. that is much larger than he is.

Politics

For MAGA, Defeat Means Vindication

November 2, 2024November 5, 2024 - by Kyle Hiebert

A Harris victory would prove to Trump loyalists that the system was rigged all along

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Books

IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets

November 1, 2024November 8, 2024 - by Greta Rainbow

Every time the names of products or microcelebrities appear in a book, they prick us like a targeted ad

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Why Is Canada Protecting the Names of Suspected Nazis?

The Military Gave My Brother Purpose. It Also Broke Him

Finding My Grandfather, a Pilot in the Bomber Command

We’re Addicted to the Feeling of Being Right

I Can’t Buy a Home, So I’m Fixing Up a Decrepit Farmhouse

This Is the Most Important Election in History

For MAGA, Defeat Means Vindication

IYKYK: When Novels Speak a Language Only Part of the Internet Gets

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